Judge Reggie B. WaltonSeptember 2012: Median Prison Sentence

District Court - Washington, D.C. Referring Agency: District of Columbia

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Judge

ComparedTo District

ComparedTo U.S.

Latest Fiscal Year

20.0

-

-

Previous Fiscal Year

27.0

-25.0%

-43.8%

Past 5 Years

43.0

2.4%

-28.3%

Percent not reported where cases too few to provide meaningful comparison.Table 1: Current and 5 YearMedian Prison Sentence Comparison

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Judge

District

Compared To District

U.S.

Compared To U.S.

Latest Fiscal Year

20.0

77.0

-

78.0

-

Previous Fiscal Year

27.0

36.0

-25.0%

48.0

-43.8%

Past 5 Years

43.0

42.0

2.4%

60.0

-28.3%

Percent not reported where cases too few to provide meaningful comparison.Table 1: Current and 5 YearMedian Prison Sentence Comparison

For all cases disposed of in the current fiscal year (2012) that were credited
to Judge Reggie B. Walton in the District of Washington, D.C., the
median prison sentence was 20.0 months, when looking only at cases referred by the District of Columbia.
During the current fiscal year, Judge Reggie B. Walton has
sentenced 4 defendants
compared with 14 defendants during the twelve months
of the previous fiscal year.

Over the last five years, the median prison sentence imposed on defendants
that were credited to Judge Walton was 43.0 months. This was
2.4% higher than the 42.0 months typical
in Washington, D.C. and 28.3% lower than
the 60.0 months median prison sentence for the nation.
Judge Reggie B. Walton sentenced 38 defendants during the past five years.

(CAUTION: The kinds of cases handled by individual judges influences
statistical information about their sentences. It therefore is
important to consider the breakdown of cases that each has handled,
available below, when making judge-by-judge comparisons.)

Figure 1: Five Year Comparison of Median Prison Sentencein Months

Figure 1 compares Judge Walton's numbers to those for judges in this district and
in the United States as a whole for cases of this type over the last five years.

During the last five years there were 13 other judges in the District of Washington, D.C. with information
on convictions during that period.
Median prison sentence numbers passed down for those judges
ranged from 30.0 months to 60.0 months, putting Judge Walton's median prison sentence
of 43.0 months at the higher end of the range.
The median prison sentence
for the whole District of Washington, D.C. during that time was 42.0 months.

Figure 2: Detailed Comparison among Judges for the District of Washington, D.C.

Professional Biography

Born 1949 in North Charleroi, PA

Federal Judicial Service
Judge, U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Nominated by George W. Bush on , to a seat vacated by Stanley Sporkin; Confirmed by the Senate on September 21, 2001, and received commission on September 24, 2001.

Education:
West Virginia State College, B.A., 1971
American University Washington College of Law, J.D., 1974

Professional Career:
Staff attorney, Defender Association of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1974-1976Assistant U.S. attorney and executive assistant U.S. attorney, District of Columbia, 1976-1981Associate judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 1981-1989Associate director, Office of National Drug Control Policy, 1989-1991Senior White House Advisor for Crime, Executive Office of the President, 1991Associate judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 1991-2001

Program Areas of Cases Handled

Cases disposed of by Judge Reggie B. Walton for the past five years fell into a number
of broad categories. The lead category for these cases was Withheld by Govt from TRAC accounting for 47.4% of cases.

Other major categories with substantial numbers of cases that were disposed
by Judge Reggie B. Walton over the past five years were:
Narcotics/Drugs (15.8%), Other (15.8%), Weapons (13.2%), Official Corruption (5.3%).